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Book Title: Besieged : a Bertolucci Film
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: James Lasdun
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author)
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages